哀告

Chinese

		sorrow; grief; pity sorrow; grief; pity; to grieve for; to pity; to lament	to tell; to inform; to say
simp. and trad. (哀告)		哀	告

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): āigào

  (Zhuyin): ㄞ ㄍㄠˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): oi¹ gou³
• Min Nan (Hokkien, POJ): ai-kò͘ / ai-kò

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: āigào
    • Zhuyin: ㄞ ㄍㄠˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: aigào
    • Wade–Giles: ai¹-kao⁴
    • Yale: āi-gàu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: aigaw
    • Palladius: айгао (ajgao)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ˀaɪ̯⁵⁵ kɑʊ̯⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: oi¹ gou³
    • Yale: ōi gou
    • Cantonese Pinyin: oi¹ gou³
    • Guangdong Romanization: oi¹ gou³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔːi̯⁵⁵ kou̯³³/
• Min Nan
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kò͘
    • Tâi-lô: ai-kòo
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'kox
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /ai³³ kɔ⁴¹/
  • (Hokkien: Xiamen, Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: ai-kò
    • Tâi-lô: ai-kò
    • Phofsit Daibuun: ai'koix
    • IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou): /ai⁴⁴⁻²² ko²¹/

Verb

哀告

1. to beg piteously; to supplicate

Synonyms

• 乞丐 (qǐgài) (archaic)
• 乞憐／乞怜 (qǐlián) (to beg for pity)
• 乞求 (qǐqiú)
• 哀求 (āiqiú)
• 央告 (yānggào)
• 央求 (yāngqiú)
• 憑／凭 (píng) (literary)
• 懇求／恳求 (kěnqiú)
• 懇請／恳请 (kěnqǐng)
• 求 (qiú)
• 沽情 (Min Nan)
• 煩請／烦请 (fánqǐng) (honorific, polite)
• 祈求 (qíqiú) (to pray for)
• 祈祝 (qízhù) (literary)
• 祝禱／祝祷 (zhùdǎo) (literary)
• 要求 (yāoqiú)
• 請／请
• 請求／请求 (qǐngqiú)